Where does “pauper” come from?

Pauper comes from Latin pauper, which derives from Proto-Indo-European ph₁w-, itself from Proto-Indo-European peh₂w-.

pauper (English): One who is extremely poor; One living on or...

Definitions

  1. One who is extremely poor; One living on or...

Ancestry of “pauper”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpauperpoor
2Latinpavo-parsgetting little
3Proto-Indo-Europeanpau-smallness

Words derived from “pauper”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European pau- →Every word from Latin pavo-pars →Every word from Latin pauper →